German Elle celebrated its 20th birthday in Berlin Saturday night with a bash for 1,000 of the German fashion scene?s finest.

German Elle celebrated its 20th birthday in Berlin Saturday night with a bash for 1,000 of the German fashion scene’s finest, plus many well-wishers, including painter Neo Rauch, collector and advertising mogul Christian Boros, actress Kim Cattrall and designers Albert Kriemler, Derek Lam and Phillip Lim.

It was also the debut of the Elle Fashion Star Award, also called the Mercedes in honor of Berlin Fashion Week’s sponsor, Mercedes-Benz. While the winners of the Best Collection, Platinum and Newcomer awards took no one by surprise — Raf Simons, Karl Lagerfeld and 6267/Gianfranco Ferré’s Roberto Rimondi and Tommaso Aquilano, respectively — Simon’s teary and heartfelt speech was certainly out of character, though no more so than Lagerfeld’s almost wordless acceptance of his award, which was presented by Claudia Schiffer. Twenty international designers sent over two looks from their current cruise collections to entertain the crowd. And Akris, Armani, Hugo Boss, Burberry, Roberto Cavalli, Chanel, Chloé, Dior, Escada, Alberta Ferretti, Gucci, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Missoni, Strenesse, Versace, Louis Vuitton, Wunderkind and YSL also donated one specially designed outfit for an eBay auction to raise funds for SING, the charity founded by Annie Lennox to provide medical care for children with AIDS in South Africa.

Lennox also performed, as did the group Texas. But perhaps the biggest gift to Berlin that evening was German publisher Hubert Burda and German Elle editor in chief Sabine Nedelchev’s public declaration that Germany needs a fashion capital, which is, not surprisingly, Berlin.

“I was noticing that a lot of curvy, beautiful women love the jeans and the denim line, and I thought why not partner with Ashley Stewart and come up with a great selection together?” said La La Anthony, who is teaming with Ashley Stewart, the plus-size retailer, to create a capsule collection that goes online today and will hit stores this week, writes @lisajlockwood .
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One of Oribe’s most memorable hairstyles for longtime client Jennifer Lopez was the “hyperbolic” ‘60s bouffant he created for her for the Oscars in 2002. The late hairstylist’s web site said that while many critics panned the look, “Lopez had the good taste to absolutely love it.” More on Oribe, who has died at 62, on WWD.com.
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Oribe Canales, a celebrity hairstylist who rose to fame before launching his eponymous line of styling products, has died, a company spokeswoman confirmed. He was 62.
Canales was known as one of the industry’s great hairdressers. He worked with celebrities including Jennifer Lopez and models including Naomi Campbell. He was a mainstay at fashion week, where he designed runway-ready locks for big names like Chanel, before going on to launch his product line.
Members of the beauty community took to Instagram Monday to share their sorrows writes @_a_collins . More on WWD.com.
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Surprise! This shot of Marc Jacobs walking into his surprise birthday party back in April made our list of the best party photos of 2018.
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